Historic landfill sites in Lutterworth, Leicestershire
The Environment Agency records 27 historic landfill sites in and around Lutterworth, Leicestershire. covering roughly 141 hectares in total. The largest is Slip Inn Quarry at 46.81 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Lutterworth (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slip Inn Quarry | 46.81 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Land Adjacent to A5 | 26.01 ha | 1991 | Inert |
| Hill Farm | 9.53 ha | 1986 | Inert |
| Cosby Hill Railway Cutting, Ashby Magna | 8.99 ha | — | CommercialInert |
| Gibbet Lane | 7.36 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Dunton Bassett Quarry | 6.48 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Catthorpe Landfill | 5.34 ha | 1980 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Willey Tip | 4.27 ha | 1972 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Gravel Hill Spinney, Swinford, Harborough | 3.78 ha | 1990 | Inert |
| Silt Lagoon, Gibbet Lane, Shawell, Harborough | 3.42 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Cosby Hill | 2.72 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Shawell Landfill, Gibbett Lane | 2.08 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Old Brickyard | 2.01 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Milords Farm | 1.77 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Moorbarns Lane | 1.55 ha | 1971 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercial |
| Silt Lagoon/Gibbet Lane, Harborough | 1.4 ha | 1990 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Broughton Astley, Harborough | 1.14 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Rear of Watling Street Garage | 0.93 ha | 1983 | Inert |
| Off Mill Lane, Gilmorton | 0.86 ha | 1960 | Household |
| Former Borough Council Tip | 0.85 ha | 1985 | HouseholdInert |
| Glebe Farm | 0.85 ha | 2004 | Inert |
| Bitteswell Aerodrome | 0.66 ha | 1986 | Industrial |
| Milords Farm | 0.63 ha | 1990 | IndustrialInert |
| Miller Construction Plant Yard | 0.61 ha | 1993 | Inert |
| Mill House Farm, Gilmorton | 0.47 ha | 1970 | Household |
| Highfield Farm | 0.46 ha | 1992 | Inert |
| Junction of A5 and B5414 | 0.2 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
What this data does — and doesn't — cover
- Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
- Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
- Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
- Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.
EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.
Common questions
- How many former landfill sites are there in Lutterworth?
- 27 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Lutterworth town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
- How do I check a specific address in Lutterworth?
- Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.